As the Senate’s discussion of health care reform proceeds in fits and starts, one question that continues to be asked is: Where will health insurance agents and brokers fit in as the Affordable Care Act is dismantled?
Another quarter with double-digit earnings growth for the S&P 500 appears likely for the second period of 2017, analysts say. How long with the bulls keep running?
Top Department of Labor official joins the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to discuss collaboration on the future of the fiduciary rule. Better data from the insurance industry is needed, DOL deputy secretary says.
Senators voted down a key proposal that would repeal much of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Senate Republicans continue their bid to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by considering an array of health care measures in the hope that they can get enough votes to pass one of them.
The Federal Reserve appears committed to normalizing interest rates further and initiating its balance sheet reduction this year, experts say.
Senate Republicans voted Tuesday afternoon to move forward on repealing the Affordable Care Act.
A look at how fixed annuities stack up against bond mutual funds.
How to build trust so that prospects trust you even before they meet you and become clients much more rapidly.
Commentary As you read this, most of you are aware that the Comment Period on delaying the DOL Rule was…
Merger-and-acquisition transactions in the first half of 2017 rose 15 percent to a record 82 deals compared with the year-ago period, new data finds.
Retiring early means confronting a host of sensitive and significant planning questions. Knowledgeable advisors can help their clients get the right answers.
A pilot, Direct-to-Consumer annuity offering by Nationwide is generating plenty of useful data about consumer habits and their needs to speak to live advisors.
Detractors are already saying Anthony Scaramucci is unprepared to face withering fire as White House communications chief, but the former hedge-funder has been in battle for some time.
Indexed universal life rate projections become slightly less rosy, with about a half percentage point drop on average, according to a Milliman study.
A deadline to comment on the controversial Department of Labor fiduciary rule expires at midnight Friday.
The Department of Labor could delay phase two of its controversial fiduciary rule by two years, analysts say. Phase two is slated to take effect Jan. 1, 2018, but could be delayed by one year, with financial services getting a year beyond that to comply.
The Department of Labor fiduciary rule’s harshest mandates will for sure be delayed beyond the Jan. 1, 2018 effective date, a panel of experts agreed today. Whether those mandates are softened or not remains to be seen.
Little disruption to clients reported by advisors as they transition to the full Department of Labor fiduciary rules, a new survey finds. Though more changes are expected if the rule is implemented as written on Jan. 1, for now the rules appear marginally disruptive.
